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CIRCULATION - .0
Flavour "ad" with KJ & M ; SilS ; . J&J A i ! V J'-A gLv.
p uuu Hieresuits.i 's'J - hB3-- Largo circulation
. ., ' in each cou"t y.
Tie in!
Wholesale and Retail dealers in
Dry
Goods, Notions,
Clothing, Shoes,
Hats, Caps &c.
Two Big
Keep
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on the high side when
in a Sail Boat,
wish
Dry
Hats
Goods, Clothing, Shoos,
Caps, Overcoats, Over-
Shoos, Leggings, Wilbur's
Doublewear Collars, Notions,
Underwear, Neckwear, Gro
ceries etc, etc. Keep on the
"lower side," right between the
Drugstores, for this is our
motto, "Better goods - for less
money," "Better Quality for
loss profits:" "Better trade
Ayith more satisfaction." 'We
mean business and intend to
have lots of it, wit, humor, elo
quence, and oratory all sit down
defeated when our prices rise
to' p peak. The reason of this
is because we buy for cash for
oiir.own benefit and sell cheaper
than any body else for your
benefit.
YOURS VERY TRULY,
The Massengill Dry Goods Co,
ASK YOUR DEALEK
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(&reighton
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2.50
$3.00
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SMost l&luibte Shoe sold.
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For seventeen years our product nas m" W
2 ceded to be one of the most rehableand thor-
3, oughly honest lines of Ladies' b oot wear on
tl,r An,.nran market. Sold through OUTIU- T
.11 ,;,. and widtns.
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JJJ LYNN, MASS.
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Gents' Furnish
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Specialty.
Stores
but when
you
to buy
We get this week direct from
manufacturers
$500 worth of Overcoats. ......
$35 worth of Neckwear
$56 worth of Wilbur's Collars .
$400 worth of Cheap. Clothing. .
$175 worth of Hats and Caps. .
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$100 worth of Ladies' Capes. . .
$300 worth of Shoes Ladies'
and Gentlemen.
These goods will comprise all
the latest New York styles in
the latest New York colors.
Call to see us, we are always
glad to see you and to show
you through our mammoth
stock, where you can certainly
set some of the best bargains
you ever saw. We have never
been undersold yet.
All persons
who are indebt
ed to the firm
must settle up or
make some ar-
ranarements
thin the next
20 days, for we
are bound to
liATO fiverv cent
riffht
due us
away,
Dry G
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GOODS
'Prove all
DUIMIM,
fy This Year's Crop Exceed
8,500.000 Bales.
The persistent effort of those
who would over-estimate the!
cotton crop for the purpose of
wrecking prices, is to be bol
stered up so we have good au
thority for saving, by another
circular from Henry M. Neill,
which is most likely at this very
moment in the hands of his
English' and German friends.
The purpose of this circular
1 1 1 j. 1 mi 1
win ub iu uuiia up nope on an
assured 9,500,000 crop, with
the suspicion of 1,000,000 more
in hiding, and to stiffen the
backbone of his friends so as to
force the farmers into a rushing
market, with the view of catch
ing them. This being the case,
mi., n i a j i -
xxie ousutuiion would again
call upon its farming friends to
be prudent, and to watch the
market closely. This year'
crop has already developed
many surprises, and the proba
bility is that there is more yet
in sight.
lhere are more evidences
right now in favor of an 8,500,
000 crop than there is for the
maximum estimate of 9,500,-
000. It will be recollected that
when The Constitution antago
nized Neill's 12,000,000 bale es
timate by one of 9,500,000 that
we stated :
The everage yield for the past
eighteen years would not be an
unreasonable estimate, and this
produce a crop of 8,525,150 bales
But wishing to arrive at the
truth if possible, let us say that
he present crop will be 10 per
cent above an average, that is
45-100 of a bale per acre. We
will then have a crop of only
9,410,650 bales, and it would
ake a yield ner nrvA whili lmo
only been exceeded twice in the
listory of cotton growing. A
crop of 10,000,000 bales, there-
ore, would appear to be a large
estimate for 1899-1900, with
probabilities favoring 9,500,000
bales."
To have made the 9,500,000
bales would have required the
utmost indulgence of nature,
beyond which we allowed 10
per cent for good measure. The
granting of this large percent
age was simply in the interest
of safe calculation, because all
men know that it is a physical
impossibility for even the ideal
crop conditions to exist over so
-ge an area. Taking the
average record oi tne years,
which is a much safer criterion,
we would have been justified in
staking the claim at $8,525,150
bales, but as the higher esti
mate was sufficient for the con
troversy we allowed that.
Now that the cotton-picking
season is over, ana tnac tne
whole record of drought and ele
mental damage is made up,
has the crop just marketed been
even an average one? The ter
rible visitation in lexas was an
invasion of the average, and the
scant fruitage of the plant in
Georgia, which has cut off one
third of the yield of the State,
also plays smash with any fig
ures based upon an average.
As stated heretofore, a newspa
per gets closes down among the
people than can any other agen
cy, and though its figures may
be doubted they generally ma
terialize into facts.
A canvass of the situation in
the cotton-growing States, found
elsewhere, goes to show that tne
crop is much more likely to
range about 8,oUU,UUU bales,
than about any other figure. It
must be recollected that the cot
ton in sight, carried over from
year to year, is largely made up
of unmerchantable stuff which
simply does dummy duty for
counting, and that the great
percentage of the cotton in tne
field which remains after the
first picking never leaves the
neighborhood, but is used for
home domestic uses. When we
talk about a marketable crop,
therefore, and the amount of
cotton in sight, these things
should be kept in view.
It will be well for our farm
ers not to be stampeded, but to
remember that the world has
urgent use for every merchanta -
ble pound of cotton in sight, and
that, the average vield of the
o m .
past eighteen years only justifies
a crop a trifle over 8,500,000
bales.
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things; hold fast that which is good."
IV. C. IMOVEIVIBER 22, 1899.
Post Man at Dunn.
We take the followig from the !
jtiaieign l'ost of last Friday as
sent in by the special corres
pondent at this place. It
reads: "Mr. Walter L. Ca
hoon, the Post's clever repre
sentative, was in our town one
day last week,and, we think,
added quite a number of sub
scribers to your paper. Mr. Ca
hoon is a whole-souled, food
natured gentlenian, and his tact
ior tne newspaper business ren
dered him almost as popular
with our people as the Post is.
The Post is gaining ground
here with our people, on account
of its merit, as fast as our town
is gaining publicity within the
borders of the State for its won
derful strides in prosperity.
The Post has met with such a
marked success here that it is
something very unusual to see
our folks reading any paper
save The Post and The County
Union, our home paper.
Dunn is passing through its
first year as a tobacco town.
Although it has been blessed
from its infancy with great
quantities of cotton and large
stocks of farm products, the
amount of money paid to our
farmers this year has exceeded
by fifty per cent, that paid dur-
ing any year prior t o this.
There were over ten thousand
bales of cotton marketed here
during the year 1898, and not
withstanding the short crops
this year, we think there will
be fully that much or more sold
on our market tins vear.
The tobacco market is not
closed here vet. and iudmn
from the large quantity of leaf
on the floors of the warehouses
every day, it appears tiiat the
tobacco season is hardly com-
tion to give the amount sold
here up to the present, on ac
count of being pressed for time,
but we will give it later.
It is surprising to know the
large number of buildings that
have been erected here since
January 1st. It would not be
too strong to say that there
have been about three dozen
dwellings erected here since the
first; of the year, ranging in
value and cost from about five
iiindred dollars to six thousand.
We have also had two larsre
urniture factories, one large
tool factory, two tobacco ware-
louses, one three-story prize
louse, one brick bank building
and quite a number of other
good buildings.
1 he welfare and progress of
Dunn seem to cause its voting
people to have a desire to enter
into the marriage state. Wed
ding bells have rung in our
own almost without
ceasing
or the past six months."
Glorious News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Car-
gile, of Washita, I. T. He
writes : "r our bottles of liilec
tric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for
years. Terrible sores would
break out on her head and face,
and the best doctors could give
no help ; but her cure is com
plete and her health is excellent
lent." This shows what thou
sands have proved, that Elec
tric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's the su
preme remedy for eczema, tet
ter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils
and running sores. It stimu
lates liver, kidney and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion
builds up the strength. Only
50 cents. Sold by McKay Bros.
& Skinner Druggist, Guaran
teed. Corbett Challenges Jeffries.
New York, Nov. 13, James
J. Corbett has challenged James
J. Jeffries, to fight for the heavy
weight championship o f the
world. Corbett deposited 5,
000, to be covered by Jeffries in
any way he sees fit. It may be
taken as a wager or a forfeit.
rWhett in his letter, states that
, be desires an immediate match.
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THANKSGIVING.
Governor Russell Issues His
Proclamation to the Peo
ple of the State.
. Whereas, the people of .thi
Republic have long been accus
tomed to set apart one day in
each year' as a day for public
thanksgiving and rejoicing for
the bleings of liberty and th
gracious care of divine provi-
deuce
And, whereas,", t h e year
through which we have just
passed has been one character
ized by great industrial and civ
ic prosperity ;
And, whereas, it is fitting and
proper that the people should
turn asid irom tlieir usual em.
pioyments and render thanks
giving and praise to All Mighty
God for his manifold blessing to
them,
Now therefore, I, Daniel L. Rus
sell, Governor of the Common
wealth, of North Carolina, do is
sue this my Proclamation, ap
pointing and setting apart
Thursday, the 30th day of No
vember, 1809, as a day of pub
lic and general Thanksgiving,
and recommend to all our people
that they lay aside the cares of
their secular employments and
assemble i n their respective
places of public worship to ren
der thanksgiving and praise to
God for the blessings of the
past and to implore a continua
tion of his mercies to us as a
people.
I recommend that at the sev
eral services held upon this day
thus set apart, our people en
deavor to remember, their less
fortunate fellow citizens who
are dependent for the comforts
of life upon the benefactions of
public and private chanty by
contributing of their means for
the assistance of these unfort
unates. Done at our city of
Raleigh, this 3rd day of Novem
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand' eight hundred and
ninety nine, and in the one hun
dred and twenty-fourth year of
our American Independence.
By the Governor,
DANIEL L. RUSSELL,
Baylus Cade, Private Sec'y.
Why This Course ?
A gentleman who lives on the
Atlantic Coast Line told us the
othr.day, that, unlike the sec
tions, penetrated by the two oth
er great railway systems, in
North Carolina, the country,
and especially the towns, along
the Coast Line, are going back
ward instead of forward. And
as an illustration he pointed to
the fact that as soon as the
trucking industry on the line ab
sorbed the attention of the far
mers, and they were in it so
deep they could not get, the
Coast Line began to squeeze
them, and each year increased
the freight rata until now the
railroad swallows all the profits
and leaves the ; farmers with
nothing to show for their labor.
Instead of encoui aging the peo
ple they are systematically rob
bed of all their profits, and are
powerless to help themselves.
As a further proof this gentle
man declared that not a single
public institution in the State is
on the Coast Line, and because
of the foolish policy adopted' by
this company business in every
line is leaving this road and go
ing toward t.he Seaboard and
Southern. We had not had our
attention called to this matter
beforehand publish it for what
it is worth. Common Wealth
He Fooled The Surgeons.
AW doctors told Renick Ham
ilton, of West Jefferson, O,. af
ter suffering -18 months from
Rectal Fistula, he would die
unless a costlv operation was
performed ; but he cured him
self with five boxes of Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, the surest Pile
cure on Earth, and the best
Salve in the Woild. 25 cents a
box. Sold by McKay Bros. &
Skinner Druggist.
STOnZA.
Bears tie
Signature
Of
1 Tk8 Rind You Hats Ahaars BoagH
Vane 3s First Coiup:sition-
A ladj of this city, bno of (he
teache- in t - jq graded school,
has received from a o'ii:in
of the late Senator Vance a
copy of his first school compo-
possession of. 1 Iu Observer,
which h;is every ass in a ce of
the genuineness of the loju-
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meiit, and is given- luvewith as
an evidence of its writer's then
budding genius :
l ou told me to tell what I
Knyoed about Toads. Wei
ioaas is nice irogs, but in on.
aignit3r, and when 3-011 come to
think of it frogs is wetter. The
warts which toads is noted for
can't be cured, for they is cron-
lck, but if I couldn't get well
I'd stay in the house. My
urandfather knew a toad that
some lady had trained till it
was like toiks, wen its mastet
whissled it would come after
flies. They cetches 'em with
their tong which is some like a
long red worm but
litenin only litenin hasint got
no gum onto it. The fli will
be standing a rubbin its hind
o r
what a fine fat fli it is and tin
letrs torretner ana a tninKin
toau asittin some distance awav
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like it was asleep. While you
see this fli as plane as you ever
ee anything all at once it aint
there then the toad looks up
at you solum out of his eyes
ike he said What become of
that fli? but you know he ct
it. Inats what I know about
toads.
Z. B. Vance.
Charlotte Observer.
A Life And Death Fight.
Mr. W. A. Hines of Manches-
A. K t
miraculous escape from death,
says: "Exposure after measles
induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in Consumption.
I had frequent hemorrhages
and coughed night aud day. All
my doctors said I must soon die
Then I began to use Dr. KingN
New Discovery for Consump
tion, which completely cured me.
I would not be without it even
if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hun
dreds have used it on my recom
mendation and all saT it never
fails to cure Throat, Chest and
Lung troubles." Regular size
50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free
at McKay Bros. & Skinner's
Drug Store.
Grandson of Jeff Davis Killed-
London, Nov. 12. Lieut.
Wood, of the First Loyal North
Lancashires, who was killed in
the fight at Belmont, twenty
odd miles from Orange River
station, was born at Halifax,
N. S. He was a
grandson of
His great
s President
Jefferson Davis.
grand-father w a
Zachary Taylor.
The Gsazs-xg of Baby
brings joy or pain. It's for the
mother to decide. With good health
and a drc:i -womanly organism,
motbeihood but adds to a woman's
attractiveness.
2 the vital orrans. It fits a mother for
baby's ccn::ng. By revitalizing tne
nerve centres it has brought chubby.
crov.-in? vovncrr.t'.rs to thousands of
weak women who feared they were
barren. It purifies, heals, regulates
and strengthens, and is good for all
women at all times. No druggist
would be without it. $ico
For advice in cases requiring special
directions, address, giving symptoms,
"The Ladies' Advisory Department,,,
The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
tanooga, Term. f
31 ItS. LOriS A HA1S, of JtffciiKm , C-,
says: "Wua 1 first Uit-k W'iiw of C&rdul
we fi j.U tmn cmto lut- year, cm cou.u
not have any children. Kioc moatba later
Ihidatnefi! tatj.
suy-T.
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CUMBERLAND,
JOHNSTON,
SAMPSON
No. 43.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you cat.
Nature In strenjrthenimj and recon-
structini? the exhausted dltrestl ve or.
pans. It is the latest discovered dlpest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach It in efficiency. It In
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
bick neadache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and
all other resul ts of I m perfect d Ipestlon.
Prepared by E. C DWitt A Co.. Cfcicaoa
For sale by Hood & Grantham,
Druggists, Dunn, N. C.
Heirs to Millions-
A correspondent to tho High
Point Enterprise, says the
High Point Enterprise, says
the Greensboro correspondent
to Raleigh Post says :
4 'Many years ago there live'd
in Randolph county four broth
ers by tho name of Edwards.
These four brothers married
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four sisters Hamiltons who
also lived in Randolph countv.
these four brothers and their
wives moved to New York and
went into business. They wero
successful to a remarkable de
gree. Only one child was born
into the household a daughter.
The nronertv of ;ill tho fonr
brothers' families went to this
girl is said to have become the
wife of A. T. Stewart, tho mer
chant king.
"Ihe story continues that
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart wero
childless. Mr. Stewart died in
testate, all of his property fall-
ing to nis who. Mrs.
Stewart
tiled last winter and
viw nuci iiscu ior.
claimed that the lawful heirs
ive in Randolph county, two or
three of them one man by tho
name of Brewer, and another
by the name of Harris, who
were closelv related to the orig-
nal families that went to New
York many years ago.
It is" said that the way the
matter was brought to the heirs
was through a merchant at
Jackson Hill, N. C, who was
n New York buying goods. He
secured a lawyer, looked into
he matter, and came homo aud
evealed it to tho heirs. They
employed three other lawyers.
The four lawyers arc now look-
fter the estate. Ihe par
ties interested say that their
a
lawyers have reported $13,000,
000 already in hand and that
entire estate is worth $G4,000,
000. We have been tbld that one
of the heirs lives at Cedar Falls
another ator near Randleman.
The Appetite of a Goat
Is envied by all poor dyspep
tics whose Stomach and Liver
are out of order. All such
should know ihat Dr. King's
New Life Pill, tho wonderful
Stomach and Liver Remedy,
gives a splendid appetite, sound
digestion and a regular bodily
habit that insures perfect health
and great energy. Only 25c.
at McKay Bros. & Skinner's
drug store.
To Sell Cotton Bolls at Paris.
Meridian? Miss., Noy. 10 A.
C. King, of this city, commis
sioner for tho State of Missis
sippi to the Paris Exposition in
1000, lias arranged there for
what promises to be a great nov
elty in tho way of an exhibit
from hs State.
lie has made arrangements
with a party who has secured at
the right season 500,000 selected
full-grown cotton bolls which
will be sold at the Paris Expo
sition by original cotton field
darkies as souvenirs of the
American cotton exhibit.
These will be the first cotton
bolls ever shipped abroad.
They will be eagerly sougt after
by poople who have used quan
tities of American cotton, but
who have never seen it in its
natural form.
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Signature
of
AOTOHIA.
. Ihe Kind Yea Haw Always Boss?!